Dressing table supporting means for infant&#39;s bath stand



Nov. 13, 1956 2,769,986

DRESSING TABLE SUPPORTING MEANS FOR INFANTS BATH STAND -.C. C. SKIRVIN Filed Oct. 13. 1954 IN V EN TOR. GHESTER Q ask/WWW United States Patent DRESSING TABLE SUPPORTING MEANS FOR INFANTS BATH STAND Chester C. Skirvin, Rochester, N. Y.,'assignor to Trimble, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 13, 1954, Serial No. 462,068

2 Claims. (Cl. 4-177) This invention relates to dressing table supporting means for a folding infants bath stand, and has for its purpose to afford a simple and economical structure for pivotally mounting a dressing table on the leg frame of a bath stand in a manner to simplify the application of a swinging dressing table to a leg frame with rounded corners.

A further purpose of the invention is to afford an efficient and practical structure that can readily be manufactured and installed and which serves to provide in a single assembly a pivotal mounting and means for limiting upward movement of the dressing table, as well as means for retaining a tub drain tube when not in use against a leg of the leg frame.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an infants combination folding cross-legged bath stand and dressing table incorporating a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial perspective view of parts embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section, showing the rear leg at the opposite end of the stand in front elevation, and,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, 1 and 2 designate the front and rear leg frames which are pivotally connected at 3, the leg portions of which are formed of generally U-shaped or channel cross-section and include curved corner portions 4 at the upper ends of the legs, while 5 designates a collapsible tub of plastic or other suitable fabric suspended and supported between the top rails of the leg frames.

6 designates the dressing table which may comprise a metal body covered by a soft protective pad 7, or may be of any other suitable construction.

The parts thus far described are generally in accordance with prior arrangements in which a dressing table can swing from a horizontal operative position over the tub to a vertical position at the rear of the tub, or to a lowered position forwardly of the front leg frame when the stand is collapsed in which position the dressing table functions to hold the tub stand in collapsed relation, and this invention has to do with a novel and improved means for pivotally supporting the dressing table on the bath stand and an assembly that functions to limit upward movement of the dressing table and also to retain the drain tube from the tub.

To accomplish these objectives, the dressing table is provided with hinge plates 8 which are rigidly attached to the ends of the dressing table by rivets 9 and occupy positions spaced from the curved corners 4 of the rear leg frame, see Fig. 3. In order to provide a pivotal support for the hinge plates 8 in planes removed from the curved corners of the leg frame to which the dressing table is pivoted, there are provided wire posts 11 of circular crosssection, each of said wire posts 11 having an inwardly bent portion 12 at its lower end that enters an opening in the adjacent leg to interlock therewith and an outwardly bent portion or trunnion 13 at its upper end which has pivotal connection with the hinge plate 8 and is retained in engagement with the hinge plate 8 by a friction cap 14 that has a drive fit 0n the end 13 of the post.

The post 11 is provided with an enlarged flattened por tion 15 intermediate its ends and is attached securely to the leg by a bolt 16 which extends through the flattened portion of the post 11 and is held in place by a nut 17 engaging its inner end. In this manner, the hinge plates 8 can swing with the dressing table in vertical planes spaced from the curved corners 4 of the rear leg frame while each supporting post 11 is held securely in position on its leg by a single fastening means.

In order to limit upward swinging movement of the dressing table when elevated to a position at the rear of the tub, there are provided stop lugs each comprising a base portion 18 which is secured between the head of bolt 16 and the underlying flattened portion 15 of post 11 and is provided with a laterally bent stop portion 19 that lies in the path of the edge 21 of the hinge plate 8 and limits downward swinging movement of the hinge plate and corresponding upward movement of the dressing table.

The assembly for fastening the supporting posts 11 and stop lugs also includes means for retaining the drain hose 22 which connects with the bottom of the flexible tub as usual in this type of construction. It is necessary to retain the drain hose against one of the legs when not in operation, and to accomplish this, there is provided a sheet metal clip that includes a base 23 located between the leg and the flattened portion of post 11 and held securely in place by the same fastening means that extends through and secures the post 11 and stop lug 19. The base 23 of the hose retaining clip terminates in a shoulder 24 that interlockingly engages a shoulder 25 formed on the leg, and the clip includes a forwardly extending portion 26 connected with the'shoulder 24, while 27 designates a hose retaining portion that extends in front of the leg outwardly therefrom and thence inwardly, while spaced therefrom sufficiently to retain the hose when inserted thereunder, the portion 27 terminating in a lip 28 that guides the hose into position as it is pushed under the yieldable retaining clip and between it and the adjacent surface of the leg.

This assembly affords an extremely simple arrangement that can be readily manufactured at a low cost and enables securing .the hose retaining clip and dressing table stop lug together with the dressing table supporting post all by a single fastening means, the supporting post being locked in place by the engagement of its lower end with the opening in the leg while the upper end of the supporting post affords a practical and eflicient pivotal support for the dressing table.

While the invention has been described with reference to the structure herein disclosed, it is not confined to the details set forth and this application is intended to cover such modifications or departures as may come within the purposes of the improvements and the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In an infants folding bath stand and dressing table including a metal leg frame having rounded corners at the upper ends of the legs, a dressing table, and hinge plates secured to the ends of the dressing table, and spaced laterally from said rounded corners, the improvement which consists in supporting posts extending parallel to the adjacent legs and including inwardly bent lower ends engaging openings in the legs below said rounded corners, fastening means intermediate the ends of the posts securing the posts to the legs, and outwardly bent trunnions at the upper ends of the posts spaced laterally from the adjacent rounded corners of the legs and pivotally connected to and supporting said hinge plates.

2. In an infants folding bath stand and dressing table including a metal leg frame having rounded corners at the upper ends of the legs, a dressing table, and hinge ptates' secured to the ends of the dressing table and spaced laterally from said rounded corners, the improvement which consists in'supporting means for the hinge plates comprising wire posts of circular cross section extending parallel to the adjacent legs, each post having an inwardly bent lower end engaging an opening in the adjacent leg below'said rounded corner, an outwardly bent trunnion at its upper end spaced laterally from the adjacent rounded corner of the leg and pivotally connected to and supporting the adjacent hinge plate, an enlarged flattened portion intermediate the ends of the post, and fiastening means extending through said flattened portion and the leg and securing said parts together.

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